Rutgers University – TechConnect Briefs

Lightweight, High Performance Polymer Composites for Modern Engineering Applications

Lynch-Branzoi J., Rutgers University, US

Modern engineering applications require a new class of materials that offer high performance and are also lightweight. Graphene-polymer matrix composites are promising structural materials due to the exceptional properties of graphene. Here, we demonstrate a [...]

Modeling and simulation of organic MEM relay for estimating the coefficient of thermal expansion of PEDOT:PSS

Khan N.Z., Rutgers University, US

PEDOT:PSS is becoming a popular transparent electrode material for organic electronic and optoelectronic devices, replacing the more commonly used Indium Tin Oxide (ITO). PEDOT: PSS has good conductivity, transparency, superior electrical and thermal stability and [...]

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Carbon Nanomaterials

Mozet W.T., Tse S.D., Kear B., Chhowalla M., Cheong S-W, Rutgers University, US

Nanostructured graphite and few-layer graphene (FLG) have been grown on copper and silicon substrates via pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Our PLD setup utilizes a high power Nd:YAG laser (266 and 532 nm) to ablate a [...]

Modeling of Polymer-Drug Interactions in Biodegradable Tyrosine-Based Nanospheres Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Docking

Costache A.D., Sheihet L., Knight D.D., Kohn J., Rutgers University, US

The intensive labor and high cost of developing new vehicles for the delivery of drugs in a controlled manner, highlights the need for a change in their discovery process. Predictive computational models can be used [...]

Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites: Role of DNA Functionalized Carbon

Cheung W., Bogozi A., Ma Y., Mao G., Mao G., He H., Rutgers University, US

In this work, a water-soluble self-doped polyaniline nanocomposite was fabricated by in-situ polymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid monomers in the presence of single-stranded DNA dispersed- and functionalized- single-walled carbon nanotubes. For the first time, we found [...]

A Non-Oxidative Sensor Based on a Self-Doped Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Composite for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of the Neurotransmitter Dopamine

Ali S.R., Ma Y., Parajuli R.R., Balogan Y., Lai W.Y-C., He H., Rutgers University, US

The ability to measure the concentration of dopamine sensitively and selectively could potentially be used for molecular diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. The ability to monitor its concentration in-vivo also benefits in design therapies and evaluating [...]

A Line Force Model to Measure the Strength of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-to-PDMS Bonding in Blister Tests

Lin P-T, Lu Y-W, Rutgers University, US

Bonding is an important technique in microelectronics and Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). Especially, bonding two pieces of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to make micro devices was widely used in micro actuators and BioMEMS. The PDMS bonding, however, lacked [...]

Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites: The Role of the Electronic Fingerprint of Carbon Nanotubes

Chiu P.L., Ma Y., Serrano A., Wang L., Mendelsohn R., He H., Rutgers University, US

In this presentation, we report that dispersion and functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with different dispersing methods and dispersing agents result different SWNTs with different electronic structures and surface chemistries. In-situ polymerization of the [...]

Water Soluble Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite: Toward Electronic Understanding the Catalytic Role of ss-DNA Functionalized Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Ma Y., Chiu P.L., Ali S.R., Serrano A., Chen A., He H., Rutgers University, US

Single-stranded DNA functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (ss-DNA/SWNTs) act as catalytic molecular templates during oxidative polymerization of self-doped polyaniline. We found that not only was the polymerization rate greatly enhanced, but also the quality of the [...]

Negative-Poisson’s-Ratio (NPR) Microstructural Material by Soft-Joint Mechanism

Lu Y-W, Chang C-J, Lin P-T, Gea H-C, Rutgers University, US

We present an example of making a negative-coefficient material - Negative Poisson’s Ratio (NPR) material, which expands in the cross section when stretching. The NPR materials can provide unique characteristics in energy absorption. The NPR [...]